Putting Marbles In A Jar

They must be invested in the actions and outcomes.

Putting marbles in a jar. The metaphor here is that if you start with putting sand into the jar you will not have room for rocks or pebbles. I have 3 kids and the jar of my first born has 4 marbles in it. Or use it as a virtual swear jar. You could even use a large glass fish bowl for the majority of the marbles and then move them to a smaller jar as they earn the reward.

We are going to put marbles in the jar when you do something because it feels like the right thing to do not just because you want a marble what to do if the marble jar is not resonating with your child. As you take one marble out of the jar each week the marbles begin going down you see what you have left you get the idea. The uses are limited only by your imagination. Creating a behavior marble jar requires little more than a bag of marbles and a few glass jars from your local dollar store or some like these from amazon.

To make the marble jar a useful and motivating tool it must have meaning for the child. If you spend all of your time on the small and insignificant things you will run out of room for the things that are actually important. This holds true with the things you let into your life. Just in case you have never heard of the marble jar the basic idea is that you start with an empty jar and you add marbles to reward good behavior.

Trust is built one marble at a time. Break things down into small pieces and track your progress. Or use it as a virtual swear jar. Put marbles in a jar use the marble jar to keep track of whatever you like e g when you do something good feel good or deserve a boost by gradually building towards a reward.

It s like putting marbles in a jar. A cap and gown. The uses are limited only by your imagination. Put marbles in a jar use the marble jar to keep track of whatever you like e g when you do something good feel good or deserve a boost by gradually building towards a reward.

The marble jar is one of my favorite classroom management tools because it is so easy and there are so many ways to use it. Each child should have their own jar too. When the jar is full your class gets a treat of some sort. There are 55 marbles 25 of which are not red p getting a color other than red p 25 55 455 probability of this happening 3 times in a row is.

Break things down into small pieces and track your progress. John gottman one of the country s foremost couples researchers and authors.